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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Rubbish"”.
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Rethinking rubbish
Industrial processes forms have dominated the landscape with their linear and degenerative processes. The imposition of these forms in the landscape is exemplified by the industrial area adjacent to the harbour in Cape Town, which was located on the coastline prior to the reclamation of the …
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Rubbish politics in Buenos Aires
This thesis investigates the politics of rubbish in Buenos Aires. In the aftermath of the financial and political crisis of 2001-2002, the proliferation of carton eros (rubbish pickers) on the streets of Buenos Aires provoked a controversy around rubbish. This thesis examines the issues that were …
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The Circle of Building Life: A Rubbish Revival
Too often buildings around the world are completely demolished or gutted only for another building to take its place less than thirty years later, despite the strength of its original design intent. This human fascination with replacing the old with the new has led to a disastrous climatic …
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'Incineration: A burning issue or a load of rubbish?’ Examining public attitudes to municipal solid waste incineration
The author set out to investigate public attitudes to municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration. The area chosen for the study was Carlow town, a regional town in County Carlow, Ireland. A public questionnaire survey was carried out among local residents. Interviews were also carried out with local …
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You Have the Body: An Anti-Testimony
… and thematically related works: Precious Rubbish by Kayla E. and Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine. The craft essay relates this analysis to the creative manuscript to posit that it is an original minor form invented by the author called an anti-testimony.
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Engaging Resources for Cultural Events: a Performative Perspective
… gone home and the premises have been cleared of rubbish, there might be few signs of an event having ever taken place. However, the value of an event is seen to extend beyond its immediate boundaries. This dissertation looks at event organising from a resources perspective. Which resources are …
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The perceptions of Thailand's environment by international tourists
… water pollution, lack of fresh water and lack of rubbish disposal as problems in beach resorts. 3.Respondents found deforestation and river pollution evident in Northern Thailand. Moreover, they found that their trip to Northern Thailand was not the adventure they had hoped for. 4.Respondents …
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Bin collection day and other stressful events
… to Elizabeth as she grows up. She fears the rubbish trucks in her childhood, the Valentine's Dance in high school, and the remote possibility of passing out in a gutter somewhere in her first year of university. The short stories in this collection feature a similar (and often contradictory) …
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Biorubber (PGS) : evaluation of a novel biodegradable elastomer
… non-medical applications are biodegradable rubbish bags, the absorbent material used in sanitary napkins or diapers, and even fishing lure or chewing gum.
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Who Cares? Assemblies of Care-and-Repair
… wood and, just as easily, discard it. Rubbish, scraps, the wasted, the junked are assumed to be undesirable due to a lack of knowledge about the structural capacity of second-hand timber. Deemed unusable, approximately 36 million tons of dimensional lumber and plywood end up in U.S. …
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Contemporary Kitsch: An examination through creative practice
… distinct aesthetic style. Once designated to the rubbish bin of culture, kitsch was considered to be low class, bad taste cheap fakes and copies (Greenberg, 1961; Adorno & Horkheimer, 1991; Calinescu, 1987; Dorfles, 1969). I argue, however, that this is no longer the case. This research critically …
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Objects and Object Fetishism in Italian Short Stories: 1930-1959
… and Buzzati. Chapter Four considers dust and rubbish theories and discusses them in reference to texts by Gadda and Calvino. These chapters are followed by a conclusion.
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Rocky Shores: From Habitat Threat to Marine Awareness & Well-Being Benefits
… The most prominent habitat threat (leaving rubbish) was then examined in greater detail. Studies 4 and 5 examined the effects of marine litter on individuals’ well-being using two laboratory experimental designs; comparing individuals’ quantitative (Study 4) and qualitative (Study 5) …
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The People's Republic of Capitalism: The Making of the New Middle Class in Post-Socialist China, 1978-Present
… repressed underside of Chinese consumer culture: rubbish. This project reorients our understanding of socialist and post-socialist China, seeing them as underpinned by the contradictions emblematized in the Chinese middle class.</p>
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Nothings ever enough: the counselling psychology of compulsive buying, perfectionism and hedonic adapations
… find a “happy medium” between “perfection and rubbish”. The final section consists of a literature review which explores the opportunities offered within positive psychology to help clients who wish to become happier, rather than simply to overcome their problems. It starts by explaining the …
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Environmental and economic assessment of transportation fuels from municipal solid waste
… waste (MSW), comprising food waste, residential rubbish and commercial waste, has been identified as a potential feedstock for the production of alternative fuels. Conversion of MSW to fuel could displace petroleum-derived fuels to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation, and …
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Explaining marine debris on New Zealand beaches: Empirical beach litter data and an evaluation of waste management practices
… document (less AMD), 2) the presence of rubbish bins on the beach (more AMD), and 3) the manner in which waste management is financed locally. The type of waste receptacles (open crates or lidded bins) and the amount of the local waste budget were not significant. Environmental factors …
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Unsound minds: a short novel
… corning out at night to scrounge for food in the rubbish bins belonging to a restaurant situated opposite the flats. The community believes her to be mentally disturbed and want nothing to do with her. One night, while looking through her window, she witnesses the murder of the restaurateur, …
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And I half turn to go: invocatio and negation of the Public
… supporting a motorway embankment. I take the rubbish strewn site, the mural and its creator as a constellation in themselves, a manifestation of stranger-relationality and the now abjected temporality of social democracy. In keeping with my approach to my artistic work, I use Walter Benjamin’s …
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